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Priest hole

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The priest hole here at East Riddlesden Hall was built off of the chimney

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Priest hole

"Priest hole" is the term given to hiding places for priests built into many of the principal Catholic houses of England during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England, from the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

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